Born: 15 July 1922, Coote Terrace, Portlaoise, County Laois
Entered: 07 September 1939, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Ordained: 31 July 1953, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 02 February 1956, Loyola, Tai Lam Chung, Hong Kong

Left Society of Jesus: 1970

Transcribed: HIB to HK - 03 December 1966

Parents William, a Chemist and a Dentist and Gertrude (Aird)

Eldest of a family of eight sons (1 deceased) and four daughters (1 deceased).

Early education was at the Christian Brothers Portarlington for ten years.

1939-1941: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Novitiate
1941-1944: Rathfarnham Castle, Juniorate, UCD
1944-1947: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg,, Philosophy
1947-1949: Yim Yuan, Paak Chue Lo, Tungshan, Canton, China (Hong Kong) - Regency, learning language
1949-1950: Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, Regency
1950-1954: Milltown Park, Theology
1954-1955: Rathfarnham Castle, Tertianship
1955-1956 Cheung Chau, Language studies
1956-1963: Wah Yan, Kowloon Teaching in Chu Hai College. From 1958 also at United Colleges. From 1962 in New Asia College
1963--1964: Fordham NY, USA (NEB) studying for MA at Columbia University in English Litterature
1964-1965: Wah Yan, Kowloon Teaching in United Colleges and Northcote Training College
1965-1969: Ricci Hall, Hong Kong, Teaching in United Colleges and Northcote Training College
1969-1970: Leave of Absence. At University

Address 2000: Hong Lok Road East, Taipo, New Territories, Hong Kong

Born: 23 January 1910, Tritonville Road, Sandymount, Dublin, County Dublin
Entered: 02 September 1929, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Ordained: 13 May 1942, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 23 March 1945
Died: 24 April 1982, New Jersey, NJ, USA

Transcribed: HIB to ASL 05 April 1931

Left Society of Jesus: 1957/8

Older brother of James Mansfield - LEFT 12 June 1937

Father, John Joseph, was a manager at Johnston, Mooney & O’Brien confectionary Mother was Elizabeth (McGowan).

Second eldest of nine boys (1 deceased) and he has one sister.

Early education was at the Christian Brothers in Westland Row and then at the National School in Sandymount. He then went to Synge Street for two years and Skerry’s College for one. After this he went to work for the “Our Boys” publication in Richmond Place, Dublin. A year later he returned to school at McCaffrey’s Intermediate and Civil Service College, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin. He also attended a Commercial night school, gaining a Department of Education Certificate in Commercial Correspondence and Book keeping.

Baptised at Star of the Sea Sandymount, 24/010/1910
Confirmed at St Andrew’s, Westland Row by Dr Miller, 03/02/1920

1929-1931: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, , Novitiate
1931-1935: Rathfarnham Castle, Juniorate, UCD
1935-1938: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Philosophy
1938-1939: Mungret College SJ, Regency
1939-1943: Milltown Park, Theology
1943-1944: Rathfarnham Castle, Tertianship
1944-1949: Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne, Teaching
1949-1950: Holy Spirit Seminary, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, Lecturing in Economics at Hong Kong University
1950-1957: Ricci Hall, Hong Kong, Lecturing Economics at Hong Kong University
1955-1956: Studies in New York University